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Mitch Lipka is one of the nation's leading consumer journalists. He writes the consumer column for The Boston Globe, and also contributes to Reuters and CBS News. He was the 2010 recipient of the New York Press Club award for best consumer reporting online.

The recalled TVs, made by AmTRAN Technology of Taiwan and manufactured in China and Mexico, are part of the Vizio E-Series. The recall includes 39-inch and 42-inch models. The LED TVs were sold for $370 to $450 between December and June at retailers nationwide including Amazon.com, (AMZN) Best Buy (BBY), Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT).

Vizio told the commission that the company has received reports of at least 51 TVs toppling. The recalled TVs are black and have the brand "Vizio" on the front in the lower right corner and the company logo in the rear. A list of models and serial numbers can be found on the CPSC site.

If you have one of the recalled TVs, you're asked to detach the stand, put the TV someplace safe and request a free replacement stand sent to you. Even those with wall-mounted TVs are asked to request the new stand in case those units are ever moved to a stand, the CPSC said.

Consumers can contact Vizio at (855) 472-7450 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern weekdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekends. In addition, Vizio is supposed to post a safety notice on vizio.com.

don't buy anything n take all your money out of your bank accounts n close all accounts ,till this muslim clown is removed from our white house in handcuffs in 2014 as the whole country has been in downward death spiral since JAN~20~09. !!!!

Visio is the worst piece of junk TV you can buy. Mine lasted two weeks past the 1 year warantee, replaced the 90.00 factory part and that lasted less than 3 months. Now they can't even get it to stand up?People, really. The only way to stop this thievery is to do a little internet research before forking out your dough for disposable junk. I opted to a Sony Brava. 20 bucks more and it's going on three years. Do the math.

This is how a defect is handled...."If you have one of the recalled TVs, you're asked to detach the stand, put the TV someplace safe and request a free replacement stand sent to you. Even those with wall-mounted TVs are asked to request the new stand in case those units are ever moved to a stand, the CPSC said......Paying attention, GM???